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Message no. 1
From: Tim Burke <ranger@********.COM.AU>
Subject: [SR3] Artwork pisstake from FASA
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 20:07:47 +1000
Hi all,

Has anyone else noticed the nice little pisstake
that FASA has put into SR3.

The last colour plate has two gangers preparing
to toast a vampire looking creature with a flame
thrower just after the creature has ripped out the
throat of one of their chummers.

The caption on it was to the effect of

"Two gangers prepare to shed some light
on the world of darkness."

I was ROTFLOL at this. I certainly interpreted
this as a "watch out White Wolf, SR3 is in the
house and it's looking to kick your butt."

Does anyone know if this was intentional or
'purely coincedental'.

Cheers,
Tim Burke
ranger@********.com.au
Message no. 2
From: Craig S Dohmen <dohmen@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: [SR3] Artwork pisstake from FASA
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 21:24:51 -0400
> Has anyone else noticed the nice little pisstake
> that FASA has put into SR3.

Check out the freaky rigger woman on pg. 131. Look at the number in the
little cylindrical thing above her head. :)

--Craig

PS: Of course, a lot of you youngsters won't understand the significance...
Message no. 3
From: Mike Bobroff <Airwasp@***.COM>
Subject: Re: [SR3] Artwork pisstake from FASA
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 21:28:18 EDT
In a message dated 8/22/98 8:25:49 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
dohmen@*****.COM writes:

> > Has anyone else noticed the nice little pisstake
> > that FASA has put into SR3.
>
> Check out the freaky rigger woman on pg. 131. Look at the number in the
> little cylindrical thing above her head. :)
>
> --Craig
>
> PS: Of course, a lot of you youngsters won't understand the significance...

Oh my god !!!! It's Jenny ....

-Mike (Who actually liked the song by whomever sung it.)
Message no. 4
From: Patrick Goodman <remo@***.NET>
Subject: Re: [SR3] Artwork pisstake from FASA
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 20:31:38 -0500
>Check out the freaky rigger woman on pg. 131. Look at the number
>in the little cylindrical thing above her head. :)

Now there's a flashback to my faded and distant youth..... <g>

---
(>) Texas 2-Step
El Paso: Never surrender. Never forget. Never forgive.
Message no. 5
From: Patrick Goodman <remo@***.NET>
Subject: Re: [SR3] Artwork pisstake from FASA
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 20:33:50 -0500
>Oh my god !!!! It's Jenny ....
>
>-Mike (Who actually liked the song by whomever sung it.)

Tommy TuTone, if memory serves correctly (not guaranteed).

---
(>) Texas 2-Step
El Paso: Never surrender. Never forget. Never forgive.
Message no. 6
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: [SR3] Artwork pisstake from FASA
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 22:28:40 -0400
At 09:28 PM 8/22/98 EDT, Mike Bobroff wrote these timeless words:
>In a message dated 8/22/98 8:25:49 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
>dohmen@*****.COM writes:
>
>> > Has anyone else noticed the nice little pisstake
>> > that FASA has put into SR3.
>>
>> Check out the freaky rigger woman on pg. 131. Look at the number in the
>> little cylindrical thing above her head. :)
>>
>> --Craig
>>
>> PS: Of course, a lot of you youngsters won't understand the
significance...
>
>Oh my god !!!! It's Jenny ....
>
>-Mike (Who actually liked the song by whomever sung it.)
>
Tommy Two Tone, if I recall correct...

Last year at Gen Con (97), they used that number as an LTG number for
someone named Jenny in a demo game we played... :]

Bull


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Message no. 7
From: Duncan McNeill-Burton <dmcneill@************.EDU>
Subject: Re: [SR3] Artwork pisstake from FASA
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 22:44:14 -0400
Bull didst sayeth:

>At 09:28 PM 8/22/98 EDT, Mike Bobroff wrote these timeless words:
>>In a message dated 8/22/98 8:25:49 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
>>dohmen@*****.COM writes:
>>
>>> > Has anyone else noticed the nice little pisstake
>>> > that FASA has put into SR3.
>>>
>>> Check out the freaky rigger woman on pg. 131. Look at the number in
the
>>> little cylindrical thing above her head. :)
>>>
>>> --Craig
>>>
>>> PS: Of course, a lot of you youngsters won't understand the
>significance...
>>
>>Oh my god !!!! It's Jenny ....
>>
>>-Mike (Who actually liked the song by whomever sung it.)
>>
>Tommy Two Tone, if I recall correct...
>
>Last year at Gen Con (97), they used that number as an LTG number for
>someone named Jenny in a demo game we played... :]


it gets weirder. In the Lehigh Valley, where I was unfortunate enough to go
to high school, 867 was a real extension and the people at 867-5309 got
really irate when asked whether Jenny was home...

Though it was a good song...

Later-

Duncan McNeill-Burton
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You've sold you soul now cold blood's how you get relief."
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Message no. 8
From: Danyel N Woods <9604801@********.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: [SR3] Artwork pisstake from FASA
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 11:03:00 +1200
Quoth Duncan McNeill-Burton (1444 23-8-98 NZT):

<<SLICE>>
>>>-Mike (Who actually liked the song by whomever sung it.)
>>>
>>Tommy Two Tone, if I recall correct...
>>
>>Last year at Gen Con (97), they used that number as an LTG number for
>>someone named Jenny in a demo game we played... :]
>
>
>it gets weirder. In the Lehigh Valley, where I was unfortunate enough
to go
>to high school, 867 was a real extension and the people at 867-5309 got
>really irate when asked whether Jenny was home...
>
>Though it was a good song...

Somebody PLEASE explain this to me privately. This in-joking is driving
me nuts...

Danyel Woods - 9604801@********.ac.nz
Who's not sure of whether he's going to die of curiosity about
this or waiting for SR3...
Message no. 9
From: Craig S Dohmen <dohmen@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: [SR3] Artwork pisstake from FASA
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 20:43:59 -0400
> it gets weirder. In the Lehigh Valley, where I was unfortunate
> enough to go
> to high school, 867 was a real extension and the people at 867-5309 got
> really irate when asked whether Jenny was home...

Wow, eerie. I went to Penn State, and the exchange for State College, PA is
867 too. Though I heard the 5309 number got changed because they were tired
of the calls. :)

--Craig
Message no. 10
From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: [SR3] Artwork pisstake from FASA
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 20:51:07 -0400
At 11:03 AM 8/24/98 +1200, Danyel N Woods wrote these timeless words:

[Snip Jenny 867-5309 stuff]

>Somebody PLEASE explain this to me privately. This in-joking is driving
>me nuts...
>
How bout I indulge you on list, to cover anyone else out there who doesn't
get it (Youngsters, I tell ya).

There was a song by Tommy Tutone (Spelling?) in the early-mid 80's Called
867-5309 (Jenny).

The song was about some guy who was in love with a girl named Jenny.

The kicker is, that there really was someone named Jenny with that phone
number. She was a friend of the band's (Worked for the record studio,
IIRC), and they wrote is kind of a joke.

She quickly had to change her number, as did anyone else who happened to
get saddled with that phone number, since there are like 5 or 6 areas
around the country that use the 867 prefix.

Anyways, that's the story... And we're all nostalgic morons on this
list... :]

Bull


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=======================================================
= =
= Order is Illusion! Chaos is Bliss! Got any Fours? =
= =
=======================================================

"Can the Gummi Worms really live in peace with the Marshmallow Chicks?"
-- Pinky, "Pinky and the Brain"
Message no. 11
From: Justin Bell <justin@******.NET>
Subject: Re: [SR3] Artwork pisstake from FASA
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 20:26:38 -0500
At 08:51 PM 8/23/98 -0400, Bull wrote:
# At 11:03 AM 8/24/98 +1200, Danyel N Woods wrote these timeless words:
#
# [Snip Jenny 867-5309 stuff]
#
# >Somebody PLEASE explain this to me privately. This in-joking is driving
# >me nuts...
# >
# How bout I indulge you on list, to cover anyone else out there who doesn't
# get it (Youngsters, I tell ya).
# There was a song by Tommy Tutone (Spelling?) in the early-mid 80's Called
# 867-5309 (Jenny).

actually, I think you'll find the reason that Danyel didnt know of the song
would more than likely be because I don't believe that that song was a hit
outside of the US at all.... I had never heard of it til '93 when I cam to
the US


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Message no. 12
From: "Mark C. Farrington" <alareth@*****.DWEBS.NET>
Subject: Re: [SR3] Artwork pisstake from FASA
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 22:10:25 -0400
>There was a song by Tommy Tutone (Spelling?) in the early-mid 80's Called
>867-5309 (Jenny).


And just the odd bit of triva is that Tommy Tutone is currently a high
school teacher in Ohio.

Alareth - Acolyte of the First Church of the Squooshy Ball
The Shiny Happy Gaming Group - http://www.dwebs.net/~alareth
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Message no. 13
From: NightLife <habenir@*****.UC.EDU>
Subject: Re: [SR3] Artwork pisstake from FASA
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 23:00:18 -0400
At 08:33 PM 8/22/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>Oh my god !!!! It's Jenny ....
>>
>>-Mike (Who actually liked the song by whomever sung it.)
>
>Tommy TuTone, if memory serves correctly (not guaranteed).
>

867-5309, 867-5309, I got it, I got it, I got your number..... ;)

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Nightlife Inc.
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

"I am telling you nothing - merely asking you to remember that death come in
many shades. Some are harsh and infinitely painful to look upon; others can
be
as peaceful and beautiful as the setting sun. I am an artist, and many colors
lie on upon my palette. Let me paint him a rainbow, and give you the means to
decide where it ends."

Erik from the book Phantom.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Document Classified
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Message no. 14
From: Tim Burke <ranger@********.COM.AU>
Subject: Re: [SR3] Artwork pisstake from FASA
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 22:53:38 +1000
At 08:51 PM 23-08-98 -0400, you wrote:
>At 11:03 AM 8/24/98 +1200, Danyel N Woods wrote these timeless words:
>There was a song by Tommy Tutone (Spelling?) in the early-mid 80's Called
>867-5309 (Jenny).
>
>The song was about some guy who was in love with a girl named Jenny.
>

The really scary thing (almost Karmic) about this is
when I went into my local gaming store today
the owner, Tony, had the radio on. I must say I nearly
drekked myself because good ol' Tommy TuTone
was belting out 8675309(Jenny).

I haven't heard this song in about 10 years
on the radio. It really got my paranoid decker
tendencies going, like who the frag is reading
my mail _and_ messing with the playlist at 4BC
and why am I the only one who finds this weird.

Of course it could just be one of those bizarre
coincidences.

Yeah right :)

Tim Burke
Brisbane, Australia
ranger@********.com.au
http://bear.tm/conjure/
Message no. 15
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: [SR3] Artwork pisstake from FASA
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 14:23:18 +0100
And verily, did Mike Bobroff hastily scribble thusly...
|> PS: Of course, a lot of you youngsters won't understand the significance...
|
|Oh my god !!!! It's Jenny ....

Jenny?
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Message no. 16
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: [SR3] Artwork pisstake from FASA
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 15:09:56 +0100
And verily, did Bull hastily scribble thusly...
|How bout I indulge you on list, to cover anyone else out there who doesn't
|get it (Youngsters, I tell ya).

And non-americans.
I'd never heard of it either.
( I don't think )

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Message no. 17
From: Brett Borger <bxb121@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: [SR3] Artwork pisstake from FASA
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 10:53:38 EST
> it gets weirder. In the Lehigh Valley, where I was unfortunate enough to go
> to high school, 867 was a real extension and the people at 867-5309 got
> really irate when asked whether Jenny was home...

Here the local phone company has disconnected that extension, for
just that reason....

-=SwiftOne=-
Message no. 18
From: Shadowrunner <nocturnal@*******.NET>
Subject: Re: [SR3] Artwork pisstake from FASA
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 19:09:41 +0000
Duncan McNeill-Burton wrote:
>
> Bull didst sayeth:
>
> >At 09:28 PM 8/22/98 EDT, Mike Bobroff wrote these timeless words:
> >>In a message dated 8/22/98 8:25:49 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
> >>dohmen@*****.COM writes:
> >>
> >>> > Has anyone else noticed the nice little pisstake
> >>> > that FASA has put into SR3.
> >>>
> >>> Check out the freaky rigger woman on pg. 131. Look at the number in
> the
> >>> little cylindrical thing above her head. :)
> >>>
> >>> --Craig
> >>>
> >>> PS: Of course, a lot of you youngsters won't understand the
> >significance...
> >>
> >>Oh my god !!!! It's Jenny ....
> >>
> >>-Mike (Who actually liked the song by whomever sung it.)
> >>
> >Tommy Two Tone, if I recall correct...
> >
> >Last year at Gen Con (97), they used that number as an LTG number for
> >someone named Jenny in a demo game we played... :]
>
> it gets weirder. In the Lehigh Valley, where I was unfortunate enough to go
> to high school, 867 was a real extension and the people at 867-5309 got
> really irate when asked whether Jenny was home...
>
> Though it was a good song...

those of you with Duke 3d- in the first level, go into the bathroom in the theater place.
Look
over the right side of the urinal to the right- you'll see that number

nocturnal
Message no. 19
From: GRANITE <granite@**.NET>
Subject: Re: [SR3] Artwork pisstake from FASA
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 02:28:23 -0700
> The last colour plate has two gangers preparing
> to toast a vampire looking creature with a flame
> thrower just after the creature has ripped out the
> throat of one of their chummers.......
> "Two gangers prepare to shed some light
> on the world of darkness."......

Ok..I have been racking my brain trying to figure out the problem
with the plate..and I don't get it...What is the problem with the pic
and or the title...Now I did notice that one of the vamps has a
pointy tail..this I believe is a Baxa embelishment..So clue me
in..Please...

--------------------------------GRANITE
"Rock Steady"
===============================================
Lord, Grant Me The Serenity To Accept The Things I Cannot Change,
The Courage To Change The Things I Can,
And The Wisdom To Hide The Bodies Of Those People I Had To Kill
Because They Pissed Me Off.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ShadowRunner's Serenity Prayer
===============================================
Understanding is a three edged sword. - Kosh
What is best in life?
To Crush Your Enemies,
See Them Driven Before You,
And To Hear The Lamentation Of Their Women. -Conan
I Am The LAW! -JD
Jamais Arriere
Message no. 20
From: Tim Burke <ranger@********.COM.AU>
Subject: Re: [SR3] Artwork pisstake from FASA
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 19:07:28 +1000
At 02:28 AM 25-08-98 -0700, you wrote:
>> The last colour plate has two gangers preparing
>> to toast a vampire looking creature with a flame
>> thrower just after the creature has ripped out the
>> throat of one of their chummers.......
>> "Two gangers prepare to shed some light
>> on the world of darkness."......
>
>Ok..I have been racking my brain trying to figure out the problem
>with the plate..and I don't get it...What is the problem with the pic
>and or the title...Now I did notice that one of the vamps has a
>pointy tail..this I believe is a Baxa embelishment..So clue me
>in..Please...
>
>--------------------------------GRANITE

The pisstake is in the wording of the caption of the plate.
White Wolf, the creators of Vampire, Werewolf etc have
their campaign world known as "The world of darkness'

The joke is that two Shadowrun gangers are about to
set fire to "The world of darkness" with a flamethrower.

I.E. they are 'flaming' it.

Tim Burke
ranger@********.com.au
http://bear.tm/conjure/
Message no. 21
From: K is the Symbol <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: [SR3] Artwork pisstake from FASA
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 14:15:34 EDT
In a message dated 8/25/1998 3:33:22 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
granite@**.NET writes:

> > "Two gangers prepare to shed some light
> > on the world of darkness."......
>
> Ok..I have been racking my brain trying to figure out the problem
> with the plate..and I don't get it...What is the problem with the pic
> and or the title...Now I did notice that one of the vamps has a
> pointy tail..this I believe is a Baxa embelishment..So clue me
> in..Please...

Granite, pay attention to those last three words..."world of darkness", and
the entire topic has to do with Vampires....

World of Darkness....White Wolf....Vampire the Masquerade....

-K (just a thought)

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